First Baptist Lenoir City

Exodus 18:1-27 & Joshua 1:1-9

1. The call of Christ and the supremacy of Christ.

• John 3:3 • The first step in the Christian life is in obedience to those two words.

• And the whole pathway of the Christian life is traveled in obedience to those two words.

2. The fact that difficulties present themselves to the minds of many, which are very real and definite, but there is a decision that must be made

- BUT...People who are attracted to Jesus, who admire all they know about Jesus, who are conscious of their own need and His ability to supply their need, who in their deepest heart intend to follow Him, but...

-The claims of Christ are such, and the power of Christ is such that everything that comes after that "but" needs to be put out of your life.

-I will follow you Lord, but...

-When Jesus says, "Follow me," He demands submission of the whole being, and from that moment we don't get ahead of Him, we go after Him.

-Do you remember the last time Jesus said "Follow me?"

-To be outside the Kingdom is to be without everything that gives life its fullness in the present and its hope for the future.

Leadership in the Lord’s Church: I Timothy last year & Titus + II Timothy this year.

What God expects of His leaders. Leaders can be wrong about what God expects. Congregations can be wrong about what God expects. Let’s get it right! Amen?

(The Limitations of the Lord’s Leaders) Exodus 18:1-27

• The best of men are men at best!

• Joshua is to Moses what Timothy is to Paul!

• This chapter in context - (1) The generational (their past), (2) The situational (their present), (3) The eventual (future), and most importantly (4) The theological (The truths/laws of God). • These 4 areas impacted the counseling & judging of Moses.

• This would require incredible wisdom and a working knowledge of God’s Word. Moses has been a student at Exodus Academy for 40 years (I only squeezed 4 into 5!)

I. The Demands of Life - Exodus 18

1. The Context of Exodus -

2. The Counseling of Jethro -

3. The Change in Moses -

a. Where Moses was Wrong -

b. Where Moses was Right - vv. 15-16

c. How Jethro’s Helped - vv. 17-23

d. What Moses Did - vv. 24-27